Rank 397BeginnerHanziDB frequency list + CC-CEDICT

商 - shāng

commerce, business, trade

commerce, business, trade

How to read 商

Click 商 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinshāng
Englishcommerce, business, trade
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

商丘 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 商事. Please read 商人 one more time.

Common words with this character

see 商丘市[Shang1 qiu1 Shi4]
commercial affairs
merchant; businessman
the prehistoric Shang dynasty

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 商 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 商丘 and 商事 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 商.